Tag: Kratos
US Navy’s new drone target declared operational after Pacific Vanguard live...
The US Navy’s newest subsonic aerial target (SSAT), the BQM-177A, reached full operational capability during a standard missile launch and intercept while...
Kratos to deliver BQM-177A drone targets to Japan, Saudi Arabia under...
The US Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems a $50.9 million contract modification for the delivery of an...
US Air Force contracts two for development of new Off Board...
The US Air Force has awarded two companies contracts for the development of a new Off Board Sensing Station (OBSS) unmanned aerial...
US Navy tests new BQM-177A target off Japan
The US Navy’s Aerial Target program office (PMA-208) recently completed three back-to-back test flights with its newest subsonic aerial target, BQM-177A, in...
US Air Force downselects two for Skyborg AI-enabled attritable UAV program
The US Air Force has decided on the final two contractors that will proceed to the next stage of the Skyborg Vanguard...
US Air Force’s first Valkyrie attritable UAS prototype headed for museum
The US Air Force transferred the XQ-58A Valkyrie Tail #1 to the National Museum of the US Air Force after four flights in a little over two years.
US Air Force’s Skyborg “loyal wingman” program hits first flight milestone
The milestone comes after the service selected Boeing, GA-ASI, and Kratos in December 2020 to deliver prototypes of the Skyborg autonomous UCAV by May 2021.
Valkyrie UAV demonstrator drops payload from internal bay in sixth USAF...
The Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie UAV demonstrator released a payload from its internal weapons bay for the first time ever in the test from March 2021.
US Air Force picks three companies to deliver Skyborg AI drone...
The US Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has downselected three companies to deliver missionized prototypes of the Skyborg autonomous unmanned combat...
US Air Force picks four companies to build its Skyborg AI...
Boeing, General Atomics, Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems and Northrop Grumman have been selected to develop and deliver Skyborg prototypes.
